Peterson's chinchilla mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Peterson's chinchilla mouse

| status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Euneomys

| species = petersoni

| authority = J. A. Allen, 1903

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Peterson's chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000652 | page = 1115}} and is found in west central and southern Argentina and nearby areas of Chile.{{cite iucn |author= Pardinas, U. |author2= D'Elia, G. |name-list-style= amp|year= 2008|url= https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8258/0|title= Euneomys petersoni|access-date= 25 Jan 2011}} The species is named after American paleontologist Olaf A. Peterson (1865–1933).{{Cite book

| last = Beolens | first = Bo |author2=Watkins, Michael |author3=Grayson, Michael

| title = The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

| publisher = The Johns Hopkins University Press

| date = 2009-09-28 | location = Baltimore | page = 319

| url = http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA319

| isbn = 978-0-8018-9304-9| oclc = 270129903}}